HEX Color #2CB6C5 (Darkturquoise)

About #2CB6C5

At its core, #2CB6C5 is a medium and moderate hue. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Darkturquoise. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(44, 182, 197).

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 78% cyan and 8% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 185.9° hue, 63.5% saturation, and 47.3% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#2CB6C5

RGB44, 182, 197

HSL185.9°, 63.5%, 47.3%

CMYK78%, 8%, 0%, 23%

HSV185.9°, 77.7%, 77.3%

LAB68.0, -30.2, -17.9

XYZ27.8, 38.0, 58.7

Decimal2930373

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#2CB6C5 #C43A2B

Analogous

#2BC487 #2B69C4

Triadic

#C42BB6 #B6C42B

Tetradic

#872BC4 #C43A2B #69C42B

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#2CB6C5

#43BECB

#5AC6D1

#72CED8

#89D6DE

#A1DEE5

#B8E6EB

#D0EEF2

#E7F6F8

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#2CB6C5

#27A1AF

#228D99

#1D7983

#18656D

#135057

#0E3C41

#09282B

#041415

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.44:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

8.60:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.33:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

7.31:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #2CB6C5; }

.text-color { color: #2CB6C5; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #2CB6C5; }

Similar Colors

Darkturquoise

#00CED1